9 Enchanting Projects Using the Pantone Matching System

The Pantone Matching System is the cornerstone of color accuracy in design. The industry standard of color keys, the Pantone Matching System has allowed designers to ensure the integrity of the color in their work for decades.

Some designers and creatives, however, look beyond the color chart when utilizing the Pantone Matching System.

The projects below take the Pantone Matching System to the next level, showcasing out-of-the-box—and, frankly—pretty meta approaches to color matching.

Have you created something amazing with the Pantone Matching System or Pantone color chips? Let us know in the comments below.

9 Enchanting Projects Using the Pantone Matching System

Pantone Beer Packaging by Txaber

This beer packaging concept by the creative agency Txaber pairs the color of the beer itself with its corresponding Pantone color—4975 C Stout and 1595 C Golden Ale, for example. See more of the packaging concepts at Txaber.net.

Pantone as Pixels: Color Mosaics by Txaber

Txaber also created these amazing color mosaic posters that use Pantone color chips as pixels. See all of the color mosaics here.

From Txaber’s website:

“This work consists of constructing images from Pantone modules (color and its text reference). This unit is treated as a pixel. The process is to convert the images into color mosaics, then each color is replaced one by one by the corresponding pantone module. To show this process I have made several typographic images and known artwork and logos. It is a laborious process, but I think the result is interesting.”

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Tiny PMS Match by Inka Mathew

We’ve featured Inka Mathew’s work (more at Green Ink Studios) before, but we just can get over how adorable her Tiny PMS Match blog is. Mathew uses the Pantone Matching System to pair tiny objects with Pantone color chips in their corresponding colors. It’s tiny and adorable. See more pairings at Tiny PMS Match.